The 1966 BBC Grand Duke
Rudolph | Peter Pratt |
Ernest Dummkopf | Kenneth Bowen (music) Dinsdale Landen (dialogue) |
Ludwig | John Heddle Nash (music) John Sharp (dialogue) |
Dr. Tannhäuser | Leslie Fyson (music) Michael Spice (dialogue) |
Prince of Monte Carlo | Neil Howlett (music) Wilfred Carter (dialogue) |
Viscount Mentone | Peter Pratt |
Herald | John Noble |
Ben Hashbaz | Don Paulin (music) Timothy Harley (dialogue) |
Princess of Monte Carlo | Ursula Connors (music) Jane Wenham (dialogue) |
Baroness von Krakenfeldt | Jean Allister (music) Margaret Gordon (dialogue) |
Julia Jellicoe | Laura Sarti |
Lisa | Elizabeth Robinson (music) Diana Olsson (dialogue) |
Olga | Valerie Heath-Davies |
Gretchen | Christine Parker (music) Eva Haddon (dialogue) |
Bertha | Gloria Jennings (music) Jane Wenham (dialogue) |
Elsa | Shirley Minty |
The John McCarthy Singers
The BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Stanford Robinson
Producer: Michael Moores
Originally Broadcast on 10 July 1966
This recording is part of a series broadcast by the BBC in 1966. It has never been released commercially but is included here for its historical importance, and because many fans own pirated tapes. See the historical tour for further discussion.